Torvill and Dean 1983 Rock n Roll OSP

[ukbubbsbear]

Considering this was an OSP with all the rules about not having lifts etc, this was amazing... Better even than the rock 'n roll free dance that Grischuk and Platov won the Olympics with. Love it.

[Cantil1]

Thank you so much for uploading this. I haven't seen it in years. I remember watching it so often that I nearly wore my VHS tape out! It's marvellous. So clever and

streets ahead of their competitors. Thanks again!

[Rockonteddy1]

Awesome, breathtaking and yes, ....... Divine!

[torvillanddean1]

jayne is a wonder for her to perform this routine like that with a painful shoulder injury is amazing !!

[muscleboi4use]

Amazing! I've always loved this Rock'n'Roll and their Paso Doble (OSP 83 & 84) as much as Barnum (FD 83) and Bolero (FD 84) as no one has really ever done Original Dances as difficult as these, before or since. And to have to repeat the same pattern and moves exactly three times is incredible - which of course they don't have to do now. Thank you for uploading.

[Luubelaar]

So sad that in 1994, Grishuk and Platov could rip this off, present a sub-standard version of it, and "win" the gold medal.

[schulz1]

@Luubelaar Absolutely - well said!!

[xjuly91x]

They are awesome! and how much she must trust Chris for the move at 2.24!

[szqsk8]

Love the way they use every note of music to their advantage. They are in constant motion during the music which makes it a joy to watch. Nobody did it better, nobody ever will!

[Eilatj]

@szqsk8 I agree. I practically stopped watching figure skating after Torvill and Dean. They are absolutely unique, DIVINE. =)

[katiajames93]

omg 3:35!!! its amazing!! i love every routine they do . . . theyre all so imaginative and unique!

they make me proud to be brittish!! xx

[sha99y250]

@katiajames93 makes me proud as well they are so flawless

[cogidubnus1953]

Quite simply in a class of their own...

[atmj65]

Words fail me - they are just too superb.

[gk891]

The difficulty they could handle is just astonishing. Absolute first-rate skating.

[twinsbubbe]

So close together, such amazing footwork. Dang, they are the best ever!!

[KirstyMarieXD]

omg that was AMAZING!!! (Y) i love torvill and Dean so much =) x

[starbuckhan]

Just fantasic !!

[hubbaTorvillandDean]

Did you know that when this was performed Jayne had hurt her shoulder and had a bandage around it. I could not belive it they performed so well!

[darastarscream]

@hubbaTorvillandDean Tough lady, Jayne. That had to hurt like hell.

[abiort]

T&D couldnt be any better they are the best in da world and they can do elegant & Rock n Roll as proved here!!

Proud to be british!!

[justwatchnsk8n]

They are incredible!

[rioja1970]

ditto what i sais 3 weeks ago....

[rioja1970]

Thank you so much for posting this, never seen it all the way through before, absolute legends..... amazing ....

[sidthesquid74]

Fanbloodytastic!!!!

[Mark5058]

It's so intricate, you forget they are on the ice. Today's rules are much tougher and yet this still looks more difficult than anything else I've seen at recent championships.

[iiscream4icecream]

LEGENDS!

Doesn't get much better than this.

My favourite OSP of all time!

<3

[griffinm7]

What marks did they receive for this program?

[prfctday]

The start sounds like Variations 1-4 played by Julian Lloyd Webber.

[darastarscream]

Thank you very much for posting. I've never seen this one.

-BJ

[didderjade]

I love how the crowd eats this routine up. They're repeating the same moves three times, for pete's sake, but the cheers never stop.

[Televisualnonsense]

so?

[didderjade]

It wasn't meant to be a criticism. I meant that the moves they're repeating three times are so original, engaging, and evocative, that the crowd doesn't care they're being repeated.

[prfctday]

Yeah, everyone seems to love them. I cry pretty much every time I see them do certain dances. The set dance has to be repeated three times (you knew that?)... I really like the 1984 Paso Doble where Jane is the cape of the Matador!

[didderjade]

Also, I love the ending:

Look how awesome we are! Here's a flip! And we're so awesome, we're giving you ANOTHER FLIP! WHOO!

[misssarajevo95]

even with an OSP they made it their own, made it differant in a kind of way to everyone elses! i feel sorry for the competitors, they had no chance against these two!

[ahazzer]

the untouchables

[PaulStec]

why is this performance always missing when there is a Torvill & Dean video compilation released???

[shivvynicholls]

heya does anyone happen to know what they are skating to? i have to do rock and roll this year for the british champs in ice skating and i have no music :S thnx

[benny266698]

sounds like part of the music for the south bank show

[sk8trjess]

Thsi dance is supposed to emulate the jive, so the free leg is supposed to havea quick kick look.

[skaterlz]

Jane often has her free leg in not a very attractive poisition,but what a fab dance.

[rufusminnie]

Perfectement. Can't get no better than this.

[lyndasteele]

it would seem so ...but they did get better

[rogleeds36]

fantastic